Solomon: Schaub over Cutler, and it’s not even close

The straight words from Green Bay defensive back Charles Woodson on Chicago quarterback Jay Cutler hit at the heart of why Cutler isn’t a top-10 quarterback in my book.

Add the fact that he is a punk and a brat and teammates generally don’t like him, and he is way down on my list.

We talk about the league’s best quarterbacks all the time, and often here we debate where Matt Schaub is on that list. Every time it comes up, I put Schaub well ahead of Cutler, without giving it a second thought, yet some of you dispute that because Cutler can throw a ball through a brick wall.

It takes a lot more than arm strength to be a good NFL quarterback. Cutler lacks much of what it takes to be a leader and a winner.

You see how he acts, how he treats teammates, the things he says in press conferences and I guarantee you players in the Texans locker room would tell you that Schaub would never handle his business that way.

He is respected because he is a professional.

Cutler’s excuse that he is a jerk because he cares is as weak as his in-game mentality.

As Woodson said, “He’ll throw the ball to you.”

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So, the Chron’s NFL preview came out and you saw that The King was picking the Texans to win the Super Bowl and you didn’t act on it?

Or were you one of those fans who were booing in the first half of Sunday’s easy win over Miami at Reliant Stadium?

Well, if you didn’t place your bets earlier, the payoff just got worse.

The boys in Vegas have dropped the Texans to 7/1 to win the Super Bowl.

Yes, that is meaningless in many ways, but since the only team with less of a payout on said bet is New England at 5/1, that says a lot about how the Texans are being viewed this season.

Bovada has the Texans tied with San Francisco as the second most-favored team to win it all this season, ahead of Green Bay (17/2) and Baltimore (11/2).

Do keep in mind that the Texans are the babies of the bunch, and generally have much less bet on them than other teams.

Interpret that any way you want, but with so many big-name franchises among the perceived contenders, those teams have all received a bit of a bump. The Texans do not benefit from that.